security & fraud

POS Malware Is An Industry Unto Itself
POS Malware Is An Industry Unto Itself
June 24, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

There’s a common misconception about data thieves that because their chosen methods are perceived to be high-tech, their behaviors will always be similarly sophisticated as...

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Update Bricks Lexus’ Dashboard Navigation And Entertainment System
Update Bricks Lexus’ Dashboard Navigation And Entertainment System
June 09, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

At the same time that Tesla is defending itself from drivers who are trying to claim that its sophisticated self-driving features are causing them to...

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Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers
Walmart Card Skimmer Targets Card-Swiping Consumers
May 26, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The transition to EMV was supposed to all but eliminate the danger of credit card fraud, but incomplete changeover, both in chip cards and compatible...

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Illinois Adds Facial Recognition To Driver’s ID Applications
Illinois Adds Facial Recognition To Driver’s ID Applications
May 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Now that the traditional swipe credit card is starting to fall out of favor in the face of EMV and mobile payments, software developers are...

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Grubhub Served Notice For Alleged Texting Spam
Grubhub Served Notice For Alleged Texting Spam
May 18, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Before every startup and its entrepreneurial mother got into on-demand meal delivery, Grubhub was one of the first platforms to bring local restaurants into the...

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Target Puts A Bullseye On Resellers In Crackdown
Target Puts A Bullseye On Resellers In Crackdown
May 11, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

2015 was no banner year for in-store retail inventory. If department stores weren’t clogged with stock, they couldn’t move due to warm winter weather, then...

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Five ‘Major’ FDIC Breaches Come To Light
Five ‘Major’ FDIC Breaches Come To Light
May 10, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Widespread data breaches used to be a dime a dozen in the headlines, but things have gone (relatively) quiet over the last few months. Unfortunately,...

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FBI ‘Lacks Technical Details’ On How It Broke Into iPhone
FBI ‘Lacks Technical Details’ On How It Broke Into iPhone
April 28, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Ever since the cold war between Apple and the FBI seemed to veer away from courtroom drama territory, updates have been coming like drips from...

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